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As the second most Polish populated state, Michigan follows closely behind Wisconsin with 784,200 people identifying as Polish, or 7.82% of the state's population, identifying as Polish. Many of these Polish Americans live in the Metro Detroit area of Michigan.
The following communities have more than 30% of the population as being of Polish ancestry, based on data extracted from the United States Census, 2000, for communities with more than 1,000 individuals identifying their ancestry (in descending order by percentage of population): [31] Pulawski Township, Michigan 65.7%; Posen Township, Michigan 65.4%
Polish Americans make up 8.6% of Michigan's total population. The city of Detroit has a very large Polish community, which historically settled in Poletown and Hamtramck on the east side of Detroit, the neighborhoods along Michigan Avenue from 23rd street into east Dearborn, the west side of Delray, parts of Warrendale and several sections of ...
Homes in the Polish district, Detroit. 1942. Polish Americans settled in Detroit's east side. The name "Poletown" was first used to describe the community in 1872, where there was a high number of Polish residents and businesses. [192] During the 1960s, the black population of Detroit increased by 98,000, while 386,000 whites had left the city ...
Since colonial European and American settlement, the majority of Michigan's population has been predominantly non-Hispanic or non-Latino white; Americans of European descent live throughout every county in the state, and most of Metro Detroit. Large European American groups include those of German, British, Irish, Polish and Belgian ancestry. [7]
The county cap rule reduced Detroit’s population estimate by 7,192 people for 2021 and by 13,407 for 2022, according to the lawsuit. Dana Afana is the Detroit city hall reporter for the Free Press.
Detroit is mulling new council districts after the 2020 U.S. Census, but election timelines mean the process must be complete early next year. Losing population, Detroit has limited time to set ...
By 1925 almost half of Detroit's population was not born in the United States. [9] By 2001 many Bangladeshi Americans had moved from New York City, particularly Astoria, Queens, to the east side of Detroit and Hamtramck. Many moved because of lower costs of living, larger amounts of space, work available in small factories, and the large Muslim ...